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[Ron Clarke <ariadne AT acepia.net.au>]

Hi Sindi,

On Wed, 28 Jan 2004 22:47:10 -0500 (EST)
Sindi Keesan <keesan AT iamjlamb.com> wrote:

> >    Go to http://forms.real.com/real/player/unix/unix.html fill in the form
> > and click on the "download player", then also get the updated codecs for 
> > the same.
> 
> I think that is what I did to get the .bin file.  I know I filled in a
> form.  There may have been a choice of .bin or .tar.gz and I assumed that
> one was precompiled and the other was not and I am not good at compiling.  
> It came with instructions to chmod +x and run it, I think.  I will look
> again.  I have not seen .bin files before.  Should I be downloading a
> .tar.gz?  

    Well, that's what I did.  I have no idea what to do with a .bin file.
Steven ?    Anyone ?

 
 
> What is a codec?  Windows Realplayer seems to keep downloading
> those when I try to play radio stations.

   A codec is the key to reading/decyphering/displaying a video format:
COding/DECoding = CODEC.

 
> Maybe it was RealOne then.  I did not like their menu (cannot be accessed 
> without a mouse) so I downgraded back to Realplayer 8.  At some point 
> Realplayer wanted me to let it play ALL audio formats in Windows.  I also 
> downgraded from WMP 7.1 back to whatever came with Win98 to get rid of the 
> skins and visualizations, which Realplayer thankfully lets you set as 
> 'none'.  Is there a linux equivalent of WMP?  

    I think you will find that MPLAYER is the closest, at least it will 
play .wmv files as well as mpeg/avi/mov/qt and the like.

Regards,
        Ron

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Ron Clarke 
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